Andy Dick

With his memorably eccentric appearances on popular sitcoms like "NewsRadio" (NBC, 1995-99) and "Less than Perfect" (ABC, 2002-06), wacky comedian Andy Dick made his name both on screen as a certifiab...
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As obsessive readers and fans of dismissing quality movies as inferior to their literary counterparts, it's important for us to know which books will head to the big screen ahead of time. How else will we know how Wild Reese will be, or what is going to happen to Peeta? Be reasonable. We've decided to use our research for the good of society and share the adaptations coming soon that we are most excited for.
1. The Spook's Apprentice - Joseph Delaney (Seventh Son)
Thomas Ward (Ben Barnes) is the seventh son of the seventh son, which gives him the ability to see things that others cannot: ghosts, ghasts, boggarts, and the like. He becomes an apprentice to John Gregory, the Spook (Jeff Bridges). Julianne Moore is set to play Mother Malkin, one of the most sinister witches who uses blood magic, luring young runaway women into care before sucking their blood to maintain her youth, who was then imprisoned by the Spook. Kit Harington and Djimon Hounsou also star.
2. Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L. James
Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, in case you somehow didn't know, are stepping into the roles of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey for the adaptation of the incredibly successful erotic novel. Steele, a literature student, interviews Grey as a favor to her roommate, but quickly becomes entranced by this brilliant and handsome man who is unable to resist her. He admits his desire, but on his own terms; this is a man with a need to control everything. This is also probably going to be the movie with a bunch of heavy-breathing sweaty middle-aged women trying to control themselves in the theater. You've been warned.
3. In the Heart of the Sea - Nathaniel Philbrick
The last time Ron Howard and Chris Hemsworth teamed up, they brought us one of the best films of 2013, Rush. Now, they're at it again (along with Cillian Murphy and Benjamin Walker) with this story of a whaleship attacked by one angry whale, leaving the crew shipwrecked and stranded for 90 days, thousands of miles from land. The true story inspired a little book by Herman Melville (played in the movie by our favorite, Ben Whishaw) entitled Moby-Dick.
4. The Price of Salt - Patricia Highsmith (Carol)
W. W. Norton &amp; Company
Patricia Highsmith, author of successful novels-turned-movies like Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley (we're choosing to ignore the recent The Two Faces of January here), wrote The Price of Salt, which will be released as 'Carol.' The novel itself, controversial for its lesbian content and unprecedented gay happy ending, is said to have inspired Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita. The film stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, and Sarah Paulson, with Far From Heaven and I'm Not There director Todd Haynes helming.
5. Dark Places - Gillian Flynn
Shaye Areheart Books
Gone Girl author brings us yet another chilling thriller. A young girl is the sole survivor of a massacre that leaves both of her sisters and her mother dead in an apparent Satanic cult ritual. She testifies against her brother, but 25 years later, she begins to investigate the actual events. Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicholas Hoult, and Christina Hendricks star.
6. A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson
HarperCollins Publishers
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants director Ken Kwapis is set to direct Bryson's memoir, starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte. The hilarious book describes Bryson's attempt to walk the Appalachian Trail with his friend Stephen Katz. Emma Thompson and Parks and Recreation's Nick Offerman will also star.
7. Insurgent - Veronica Roth
As conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows, a war looms for Divergent's post-apocalyptic Chicago. In this sequel, we're still following Shailene Woodley and Theo James' Tris and Four as they try to understand the reasons for Erudite's insurrection and obtain information the Abnegation are trying to protect. Kate Winslet, Zoë Kravitz, Ansel Elgort, and Miles Teller return in their supporting roles, and are joined by some all-star names: Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, and Suki Waterhouse.
8. Serena - Ron Rash
The dynamic duo of mega-nominated movies Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle are back at it! Bradley Cooper plays a man trying to maintain his timber empire during the Depression, while Jennifer Lawrence plays his wife who discovers she can't have children. For some reason, we're a little terrified of JLaw in this movie from the trailer.
9. Silence - Shusako Endo
Taplinger Publishing Company
This 1966 novel about a Jesuit missionary sent to 17th century Japan where he endures persecution is set to be adapted by Martin Scorsese. It will also have an all star cast of Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, Ken Watanabe, and Adam Driver.
10. The Longest Ride - Nicholas Sparks
The producers of The Fault in Our Stars, the author of The Notebook, and the hottest Hollywood son around, this movie already has us in love with it. Scott Eastwood and Britt Robertson play two lovers and there's a rodeo or something; we don't really know, we were just thinking about how much this movie will make us cry. Time to read the book.
11. Far From the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
The Hunt director Thomas Vinterberg tackles Thomas Hardy's novel. Carey Mulligan stars as Bathsheba Everdene, a woman who has too many men in love with her and of course rejects them all until she falls for one. Three men, played by Michael Sheen, Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone), and Tom Sturridge (On The Road), all after this woman: who will she end up with? We actually just read the plot description and had everything spoiled and somehow still gasped and cried at those three paragraphs. Why didn't we know about this book before?!
12. Paper Towns - John Green
Dutton Books
The Fault in Our Stars author John Green's next book to be adapted by the same team who adapted TFIOS (Scott Neustadter &amp; Michael H. Weber). Margo and her adventures are legendary at her high school, and Quentin ("Q") has always loved her for it. Margo climbs through his window and demands he take an all night road trip of revenge, but when she goes missing the next day, Q realizes she's left clues for him and promptly hits the road again in search of her. Cara Delevingne will play Margo and TFIOS' Nat Wolff will play Q.
13. The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge - Michael Punke
Carroll &amp; Graf Publishers
Academy Award-nominated Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman, 21 Grams, Biutiful) is set to direct Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy in this adaptation. Partially based on the life of fur trapper Hugh Glass. Leo will play Glass, who is mauled by a bear, then later robbed and left for dead by his companions. He survives and sets out for revenge against those same men.
14. The Secret Scripture - Sebastian Barry
Faber and Faber
A one-hundred-year-old woman, Roseanne McNulty, in a mental hospital for about 50 years decides to retrace her history. As the hospital faces demolition and he must choose which of his patients should be transferred and which should rejoin the community, Dr. Grene also tries to discover her history. What they find is very different, though there are some consistencies. Vanessa Redgrave and Rooney Mara will play Roseanne McNulty, Eric Bana will play Grene, with Theo James also starring.
15. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Penguin Classics
An oft-adapted novel, Mary Shelley's classic is to be turned into yet another film, this time directed by Paul McGuigan (Lucky Number Slevin, Push). The updated version, titled Victor Frankenstein, will be told from the perspective of the doctor's assistant, Igor. The film will explain how the doctor became the man who created the legendary monster. Daniel Radcliffe will play Igor and James McAvoy will play Victor Frankenstein.
16. The Martian - Andy Weir
Crown Publishing Group
Described as Cast Away meets Apollo 13, the novel follows an astronaut stranded on Mars, fighting to survive (which also sounds mildly like Gravity to us, no?). Ridley Scott is set to direct a pretty stellar (no pun intended) cast here: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Kristen Wiig, Donald Glover, Kate Mara, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. This sounds like a great movie already, but we'll have to wait until November to see it.
17. The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
Macmillan Publishers
Walt Disney Pictures is working on this live-action/CGI mash-up of the classic book, directed by Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Chef), with a mind-bogglingly incredible cast. Bill Murray, Idris Elba, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Walken, Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong'o, and Breaking Bad's Giancarlo Esposito will provide voices, while newcomer Neel Sethi will play Mowgli.

Troubled comedian Andy Dick is in the clear after prosecutors decided to drop his theft case, according to a U.S. report. The funnyman was arrested in Los Angeles on 7 November (14) over allegations he took a necklace worth $1,000 (£625) from a man on the city's Hollywood Boulevard earlier this month (Nov14).
He was freed on bail ahead of a looming court date in December (14), but editors at TMZ.com now report Dick's case has been dropped by prosecutors.
Officials reportedly decided against prosecution because Dick had given the necklace back to the alleged victim.

The family of late composer Earle Hagen is embroiled in a battle over the royalties from two classic TV theme tunes. Hagen penned the opening songs for The Andy Griffith Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show in the 1960s and the themes have earned $390,000 (£244,000) in royalties since 2011.
According to TMZ.com, officials at Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) music publishing are unsure who should receive the cheque in the wake of Hagen's 2008 death - both his second wife Laura and his sons from his first marriage believe they are the rightful recipients of the money, so BMI officials have filed legal paperwork asking a judge to decide.

Troubled comedian Andy Dick has been arrested on suspicion of theft. The 48-year-old funnyman was detained by police in Los Angeles late on Friday night (07Nov14) over allegations he took a necklace worth $1,000 (£625) from a man on the city's Hollywood Boulevard earlier this month (Nov14).
Dick was released from police custody in the early hours of Saturday morning (08Nov14) after posting $25,000 (£15,625) bail. He is due to appear in court in L.A. on 4 December (14).

TV director/writer Theodore J. Flicker has died at the age of 84. Flicker passed away in his sleep in Sante Fe, New Mexico on Friday (12Sep14), after a battle with hypersensitivity pneumonitis, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The New Jersey native began his career in the 1950s after studying at London's prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, becoming one of the early members of the Compass Players improv comedy troupe in Chicago, Illinois. He also directed the Broadway musical adaptation of his The Nervous Set.
In 1964, he transitioned into movies and TV and went on to write and direct several films and shows, including The Troublemaker, The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and The Streets of San Francisco.
Flicker also appeared onscreen in Night Gallery, Beware! The Blob and The Legend of the Lone Ranger.
He also created beloved TV comedy Barney Miller, which ran from 1975 to 1982.

Controversial funnyman Andy Dick was ejected from the audience of the live final of Dancing With The Stars on Tuesday night (20May14), according to a U.S. report. The comedian, who was a contestant on the U.S. TV dance show last year (13), is said to have been removed from the studio by security guards following concerns about his erratic behaviour.
An onlooker tells People.com, "(The guards) told him he had to go, and he said, 'Why? Because I'm drunk?'"
Dick, 48, spent years battling substance abuse issues and endured numerous stints in rehab before vowing to clean up his act for his 2013 run on Dancing With The Stars.
His previous antics include being ejected from an adult entertainment awards ceremony in Las Vegas in 2011 for pestering a porn star and allegedly flashing his genitals in a Los Angeles coffee shop in 2010.
The latest allegation involving Dick was not the only drama to hit the season finale - rapper Iggy Azalea suffered technical troubles during her live performance due to a malfunctioning earpiece.

Two of the world's most famous dynasties are to clash on TV as Jermaine Jackson and Daniel Baldwin trade lives for the new season of U.S. show Celebrity Wife Swap. The brothers of Michael and Janet Jackson and Alec, Billy and Stephen Baldwin will feature in the premiere episode of the reality show's new season on 15 April (14).
Isabella Hofmann, Baldwin's former girlfriend and the mother of his 17-year-old son Atticus, will move in with Jackson for one week, while Jermaine's wife Halima will experience life in the Baldwin clan.
The Jacksons are relatively new to reality TV, but Daniel's weight and drug addiction issues landed him spots on VH1's Celebrity Fit Club in 2005 and Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew in 2008. He also joined the cast of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here!, with his brother Stephen, in 2009.
The latest celebrity wife swappers join a list of odd celebrity couplings, including Dee Snider and Flavor Flav, Coolio and Mark McGrath and Andy Dick and Lorenzo Lamas.

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton and rapper Biz Markie have joined the cast of the Sharknado sequel. Sharknado 2: The Second One will debut in America on 31 July (14), just over a year after the original movie aired and became an instant hit.
Salt-N-Pepa star Sandra Denton has also joined the cast alongside professional wrestler Kurt Angle. They will play a former New York City mayor and a New York fire chief, respectively.
Ian Ziering and Tara Reid will reprise their roles as Fin and April, while new cast members include Kelly Osbourne, Vivica A. Fox, Mark McGrath and Andy Dick.

Kelly Osbourne and former Sugar Ray singer Mark Mcgrath have joined the cast of the Sharknado sequel. The TV movie about a freak storm that rains killer sharks on Los Angeles became a phenomenon when it debuted last year (13) and stars Tara Reid and Ian Ziering have already signed on for a New York-based follow-up.
They will be joined by Osbourne, McGrath, Vivica A. Fox, Andy Dick and Judd Hirsch, according to Deadline.com.
Reports suggest McGrath will play the brother-in-law of Ziering's character Fin, while Osbourne has been cast as a flight attendant.
Returning to his TV roots in Taxi, Hirsch will portray a cab driver in Sharknado 2: The Second One.
Filming is scheduled to start later this month (Feb14) and the sequel is expected to hit TV screens this summer (14).

One of the best parts of any awards shows is seeing the reactions of the different nominees. How do the winners handle being honored for their work? Do they walk on stage a complete blubbering mess, or do they stride up to the front of the room with bravado and give a fantastic speech? How do the losing nominees handle seeing that golden statue ripped from their grasp? When there are hundreds of cameras trained on their every facial twitch, there are bound to be some pretty great reaction shots. Here are our top 10 faces and reactions from Emmy winners, losers, and presenters.
Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams is cool. I mean, she's just way too cool to be joking around at an award show when she's about to get an Emmy. She's a diva, people! So when Amy Poehler and company devised the goofy gag of wearing various pieces of eyewear while the nominees were being announced, Williams tastefully declined with a look that's a combination of "Hell no am I getting involved with this l foolishness!" and "Where's my Emmy?" while shaking her head dismissively at the camera. She ended up losing to Kristin Chenoweth (at least she went home without wearing an eye patch).
Kristin Chenoweth
Speaking of Chenoweth, her scrunched up face and acceptance speech after her win for Pushing Daisies was simply adorable. Her pixie-like excitement and crocodile tears are just to much to bear. Lines like "I'm unemployed now, so I would like to be on Mad Men" just make the clip even better.
Aaron Paul
Okay so this moment wasn't at the actual awards show, but it's close enough. If you have a pulse, and you've watched at least five minutes of any given episode of Breaking Bad, then you already love Aaron Paul and his character Jesse Pinkman. But someone as likeable as Paul can surprise you time and time again. During the announcement ceremony for the 2013 Emmys, when Paul learned that he has secured yet another Emmy nomination (8:44 in the video), his face contorted into such childlike glee that his excitement is infectious. The fact that he can get so excited over an award he already has won twice before is very endearing.
Sally Fields
In her Emmy win in 2007 for Brothers and Sisters, Sally Fields launched into a tribute to mothers around the globe. With a face full of conviction and passion, she speaks out against war and says the controversial line, "Let's face it. If the mothers ruled the world, there would be no goddamned war in the first place!”
Steve Carell
Let me give you a little backstory first. Ricky Gervais and Steve Carell have had a bit of a rivalry ever since Carell hilariously "stole" Gervais' Emmy the year before. Now cut to 2008, when Gervais demanded his Emmy back and began to tear into Carell with jokes. Even while everyone else in the theater, including Carell's wife, was collapsing back into their chairs with giggle fits, Carell retained his stony visage, never breaking. He could probably withstand the harshest of tortures. Eventually he relinquished the Emmy, but only after fierce comical prodding by Gervais.
Bryan Cranston
After proving to be a comedy workhouse on Malcom in the Middle for six years, it seemed Bryan Cranston would never get the recognition he deserves by the Emmys. Just how many scenes of a man prancing in his underwear does it take to get an Emmy these days anyway? Luckily, Cranston continued taking off his pants in his next show Breaking Bad, enough times, in fact, to finally secure him the Emmy. When he does win, Cranston's look of surprise and graditude is heartwarming.
Greg Garcia
When Greg Garcia won an Emmy for his hilarious sitcom My Name Is Earl, he used his short time on stage to its fullest, and gave a triumphant up-yours to everyone who ever doubted him, insulted his intelligence, or made him scrape gum off their shoes throughout his rise to sitcom greatness. Even God almighty doesn't escape his comedic wrath.
Kate Winslet
It's nice to see an actress with as much award recognition as Kate Winslet get so excited about winning an award, as she didwhen she won for her performance in Mildred Pierce. When Winslet heard her name, she jumped up and down and sported a face full of genuine excitement.
Andy Samberg
Winning an Emmy would be a massive achievement for some people, but Andy Samberg looked like he was confused as to why he was even invited to the ceremony at all. When Samberg and The Lonely Island Crew won an Emmy for "Dick in a Box," he put on his best grin and went on to poke fun at the entire award show with hefty amounts of sarcasm that probably just rubbed salt in the wounds of people who actually really wanted win.
Jon Stewart
Having to watch Jon Stewart win the Emmy for Best Variety Show year after year must be tough, and in 2012, Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert finally hit their breaking point. The two hosts tackled Stewart and tried their best to stop him from reaching the stage in a funny bit of physical comedy. When Stewart finally reached the stage to accept his golden prize, he looked like he just ran a marathon in a tuxedo. His face was visibly winded when he said (at 1:19 in the video), "I'm not in the kind of shape I should be in to do a bit with Jimmy Fallon."
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Executive produced and starred on MTV sketch comedy series "The Andy Dick Show"

Plays Santa's evil son in "The Hebrew Hammer"

Moved to Los Angeles, CA

Co-starred in live-action adaptation of "Inspector Gadget"

Provided character voice on NBC animated series "Sammy"

Moved to Chicago, IL while attending high school

Summary

With his memorably eccentric appearances on popular sitcoms like "NewsRadio" (NBC, 1995-99) and "Less than Perfect" (ABC, 2002-06), wacky comedian Andy Dick made his name both on screen as a certifiable scene stealer and off screen as being something close to certifiable. For a substantial portion of his career, Dick lived something of an Andy Kaufman-like existence, where his real-life antics like groping random strangers and publicly exposing himself caused both concern and outrage of whether or not he was merely performing. In 1999, part of the mystery was solved when he was arrested for hit-and-run and felony possession of drugs. Of course, he continued to appear on screen on the short-lived sketch comedy series "The Andy Dick Show" (MTV, 2001-02), appearing in films like "The Hebrew Hammer" (2003) and "Blonde Ambition" (2007), picking up guest spots on "Community" (NBC, 2009) and "2 Broke Girls" (CBS, 2011- ) and even becoming a contestant on "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC, 2005- ). Though Dick underwent treatment for substance abuse in the years that followed, which included a stint on "Sober House" (VH1, 2009-2010), his fame as a talented comedic performer was eventually eclipsed by his outsized personality and growing penchant for self-destruction, which included numerous arrests for sexual assault, drug possession and public urination, all of which turned him into little more than a punch line.

Name

Role

Comments

Allen Dick

Father

Adoptive father; Died of cancer 1987

Sue Dick

Mother

Adoptive mother; Died of cancer 1997

Meg Dick

Daughter

Born 1997; mother, Lina Sved

Jacob Dick

Son

Born 1994; mother, Lina Sved

Lucas Dick

Son

Born 1988; mother, Ivone Kowalczyk

Jeff Dick

Brother

Also adopted

Kim Donatz

Companion

Ivone Kowalczyk

Wife

Married 1986; Divorced 1990, but continued living together for many years after split

Lina Sved

Companion

Began dating c. 1993; mother of Dick's two youngest children; Separated c. 1996, although they cohabited in a duplex with Dick's ex-wife and eldest son until 1997

Education

Name

Second City

Columbia College

Illinois Wesleyan University

Notes

Dick located his birth mother in 1997.

In an interview with TV Guide (Oct. 11-17, 1997), Dick revealed he was bisexual.

In May 1999, Dick was arrested for drug possession after fleeing the scene of an automobile accident and police searched the car.

On May 2, 2004, he was arrested at the Coachella music festival in Indio, CA for a misdemeanor possession of marijuana charge.

On Dec. 4, 2004, the actor was arrested for indecent exposure after he "mooned" friends at a local McDonald's.

In 2005, Dick stirred controversy in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at Yuk Yuk's comedy club when he dropped his pants and exposed his genitals to the audience.

On Feb. 2, 2007, he was forcibly removed during an appearance on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" after repeatedly touching guest Ivanka Trump without her permission.

On July 16, 2008, Dick was arrested in Murrieta, CA on suspicion of drug possession and sexual battery. He was arrested for allegedly grabbing and pulling down a 17-year-old girl's tank top and bra, thereby exposing her breasts. During a search, police found a small quantity of marijuana and one Xanax tablet in his front pants pocket. The sexual battery charge was later dropped after prosecutors reviewed video of the incident.

Dick was charged with two felony counts of sexual abuse in West Virginia. The actor was arraigned on Jan. 23, 2010 in Cabell County Magistrate Court. Court documents said he was accused of grabbing a bouncer's crotch and groping and kissing a male patron earlier in the morning at a bar in Huntington.

On May 2, 2011, Dick was arrested at a restaurant in Temecula, CA after cops alleged he was acting disorderly while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.